New champion alert: Elwin Soto dethrones Angel Acosta on quick stoppage

By Scott Shaffer

22/06/2019

New champion alert: Elwin Soto dethrones Angel Acosta on quick stoppage

Elwin Soto TKO12 Angel Acosta... The WBO 108-pound championship changed hands on a premature stoppage at Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California. Mexico's Elwin Soto, a sizable underdog was losing to Puerto Rico's Angel Acosta, behind on points going into the twelfth round. Soto hurt Acosta with an uppercut then landed two body shots on Acosta when referee Thomas Taylor jumped in too quickly to give Soto the championship. Acosta had been knocked down once earlier in the fight but overall was ahead in punches landed, 230-162. Soto is now 15-1 but he had only one quality win coming into this fight, and had never fought past round six prior to Friday. The hard punching Acosta has room for improvement on defense. He's 20-2 but deserves an improvement. source: dazn